A TOKYO COPPER ISHIME TSUBA

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A TOKYO COPPER ISHIME TSUBA
MEIJI PERIOD (LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KONGOSAI GATSUZAN

Mokko with an ishime ji, the guard is applied with gold and silver butterflies hovering above a shakudo, shibuichi and silver tree peony; the ura is deeply carved with a gnarled trunk with gold ground plants, signed Kongosai Gatsuzan, height 8.5cm.